Interview by Jeff Fioravanti I would like to take pen in hand to introduce you to a retired history teacher, photographer, and longtime supporter of the Blue & Gray Education Society: Mike Green. Mike spent 41 years as a high school history teacher. During his teaching career, he obtained a Master’s in counseling from … Read more
By early March 1865, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman was operating with nearly complete freedom in North Carolina on his way north to form a junction with Union forces in Virginia. The responsibility for ensuring a functioning railroad from New Bern to Goldsboro in support of Sherman’s movement rested with Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox. … Read more
You just never know … Recently, BGES was completing a remarkable tour following the trail of Lewis and Clark from the magnificent Great Falls to the Pacific Coast, and then back again to Great Falls. One of the lower visibility stops was a forgotten and practically abandoned military installation, Fort Robert Gould Shaw (originally Camp … Read more
If you have been on a BGES tour over the past few years, you have likely met Burford Smith. A big, burley guy, Burford was a sheriff’s deputy in Fulton County (Atlanta Area) and is a graduate of Washington and Lee University in Lexington. While there, he was the manager of several of the athletic … Read more
